We’ve all seen and perhaps grown tired of guides and lists that are ripe with tedious clichés and full of humdrum regurgitated meme wisdom. For that very reason, in collaboration with CNBC’s John Carney (@Carney) here is a fresh and hopefully thoughtful look at what it means to be a man today.

Stop talking about where you went to college.

Always carry cash. Keep some in your front pocket.

Rebel from business casual. Burn your khakis and wear a suit or jeans.

It’s okay to trade the possibility of your 80s and 90s for more guaranteed fun in your 20s and 30s.

If you are handling a small white baggy in a bathroom stall, face away from an open toilet. (This was censored from the original article)

The best public restrooms are in hotels: The St. Regis in New York, Claridge’s in London, The Fullerton in Singapore, to name a few.

Never stay out after midnight three nights in a row… Unless something really good comes up on the third night.

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As a recovering alcoholic, I do understand the preoccupation with booze in our culture, but I can’t help but feel slightly emasculated that I can no longer enjoy a whiskey rocks from an Adirondack chair on a nice crisp day.
I suppose there is solace to be taken in that I do this by CHOICE, though.

I will say this. As someone who also doesn’t drink by choice i still have a great time at the bar with my buddy’s drinking my glass of Pepsi. A good bar is better when sober than when drunk. Keep trying different bars till you find one.

That’s great to hear man. I’m still readjusting to life without a drink in my hand…what I miss most is how much of a social “leader” a good buzz made me, i.e. being totally comfortable leading discussion and introduction among strangers and friends alike. I am finding my groove again, though. Thanks for the tip!

A couple of things. Hookers are cool but sex workers are. Agreed, always carry cash – since when did we become like the plastic we carry? As an introverted extrovert, I love sitting at the bar to eat and have met some fascinating people – though to do this anywhere other than the US people look at you a little strangely. Lastly, yes, court the girl. The “drinks thing” will get you nowhere but to a clinic.

Yes, because a one size fits all list for human behavior will be SOOOO useful.
With brilliant sayings such as “If you believe in evolution, you should know something about how it works.”
So, you shouldn’t believe in evolution? Or you should know something about everything you believe in? Like modern medicine? Physics? High order mathematics?

No. It’s a pithy little quote from an idiot. I believe in air. It doesn’t mean I have to know something about it. What he should have written is if you believe in the Bible you should know something about it. Like it promotes slavery. The raping of women. Stoning to death of women. The purchase of unmarried women by their rapists. So many horrifying things that people don’t know yet claim to follow.

Who knew that the young Masters of the Universe had the time to catalogue the belts, socks, pants and shoes of their co-workers while knee deep in yet another fascinating ROI calculation. Gag me! One glaring omission, what color panties should the modern in-the-know banker wear? Manhattan has bridges and tunnels that can be used to explore the real world, and there’s no charge to leave the island.

This should be re-titled “How To Be A F%#king Man in the Pansy Northeast”

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What an awesome interview. My first time seeing Salt N Pepa live was at the Taste of Chicago in 2010 and although I very much enjoyed them, having Spin there would’ve made the experience a whole lot better. I guess I understand parting ways and moving on, and do appreciate they come together ‘when it counts’. Again–nice interview…

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Anyone who has been in an off and on relationship can tell how frustrating it is. Most especially when you love them so much like they know you so well to know that no matter the circumstance in which the break up is based on, you are always gonna make up and start from a fresh page with them. Almost like you can not do without them and your life revolves round them which is literally speaking true. My relationship with my boyfriend was one such off and on thing only that he was the one who constantly kept breaking my heart and each time i kept crawling back to him like i had no life aside from that i shared with him. We started dating backing in 2010 and from 2010 to late 2013 he played with my heart knowing i was always gonna come back to him. He knew he could break up with me to date other guys he feels like and at the end of the day come back asking for a second chance and believe me it was always a second chance to me. It was either he wants to date another guys or he’s telling me that he is not sure he can be in a relationship with apparently cos he needed to find out what he wants in life and discover who he is. Most people asked why didn’t i just move on and find someone who was more worthy of my love. Yes i should have done just that but i can give a thousand reason why i always go back to him at the end of this entire text it will fall back to this that “I LOVE HIM WITH MY LIFE”. I could not see my whole life without him in it so basically i was a fool in love. No matter how i convince myself to hate him and make him suffer for all he did to me it was impossible for me to accomplish. It was like he had something over him that always drew me back to him no matter what the condition might be. I was in pain. It hurt me down to my soul hat he was so indecisive about what he wanted for us all those time. For about 2 years and 8 months i was literally his bitch that he does what he like to and dispose. I really didn’t know if he did all he did on purpose or f it was as a result of his indecisive nature. What ever it was i didn’t like cos all i wanted was to spend the rest of my life with him. Blame me or don’t on the basis of stupidity what’s done is done i contacted a spell caster to help get him in the path i wanted for us. I did this early this year. I was not going to say anything until i was sure that what Akpe Osilama did was for real. I was not going to start misleading people to do what does not exist. I can tell you without now doubt that the spell worked for me and also i have seen a couple of comment Online about Akpe Osilama it is obvious that all he does is make people lives better in every way and bring people out from what ever hellhole they where in. I should tell you that he is one of the only few if not the only one true spell caster that can help you out in any condition. Not cos i saw a couple of comments Online like that of Nicholas Zachary but because all these comments were written by real life people who have gone and seen the authenticity of Metodo Acamu. I asked Akpe Osilama to put my boyfriend in the right path i wanted for the two of us, to help kill that indecisive nature he had in him to make him mine and mine only forever. You should all know he did just that for me and the spell he cast changed our lives in ways you can’t imagine and the best part is that he didn’t take i single pound from me. I only gave him something out of my discretion as a sign of gratefulness for what he did for me. However Akpe Osilama asked me to get some materials which we used for the spell casting process. I will be opened with you all at first, i thought he wanted to use the required materials as a medium to get money form me but it turned out that he made it clear to me that without those materials it will me impose to do any spell just like cooking without food stuff. Even then he told me to either get the materials to temple by myself or parcel it over to him or to send him the money to get the materials for me if i can’t find them. I had to send the money to him cos it was even more less expensive that way. You should also know he is trust worthy you can trust him with anything. Here is his personal contact got it Online when i contacted him thought i should also leave it here maybe for those who need to contact Akpe Osilama {chiefpriestakpeosilamaspellcast at yahoo dot com}

Alot of these tips are both superficial and hardly practical for daily life

“Staying angry is a waste of energy.
Revenge can be a good way of getting over anger.”

It’s also nice to know that as insecure as he is op is also advocating a lifestyle of double standards. What an ignorant and stupid guide, Living in the wilderness for a mouth by myself would teach me more about what it is to be a man then any of this superficial garbage nonsense could teach me in an hour.